Youth and the crisis : : unemployment, education and health in Europe / / edited by Gianluigi Coppola and Niall O'Higgins.

The recent recession has led to an ongoing crisis in the youth labour market in Europe. This timely book deals with a number of areas related to the context, choices and experiences of young people, the consequences of which resonate throughout their lives.

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Place / Publishing House:London ;, New York : : Routledge,, 2016.
Year of Publication:2015
2016
Language:English
Series:Routledge Studies in Labour Economics
Physical Description:1 online resource (337 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Editors' introduction; PART I Education and training: choices and outcomes; 2 Monopsony power and work-based training; 3 Overeducation: a disease of the school-to-work transition system; 4 Should I stay or should I go? Dropping out from university: an empirical analysis of students' performances; 5 University dropout rates in Italy; 6 The future has early roots: learning outcomes and school effectiveness in Tuscany's primary education system
  • PART II Short-term choices with long-term consequences: health, leaving home and intergenerational mobility7 Smoking, drinking, never thinking of tomorrow: income and risky choices amongst young adults in the UK; 8 Obesity and economic performance of young workers in Italy; 9 Leaving home and housing prices: the experience of Italian youth emancipation; 10 Leaving home and poverty before and after the economic crisis in southern European Countries; 11 Youth unemployment and health over 50: evidence for the European countries
  • 12 Intergenerational equity and intergenerational mobility in Italy: an analysis from SHIWPART III Youth labour markets, NEET and the crisis; 13 Youth re-employment probabilities in a gender perspective: the case of Italy; 14 The regional impact of the crisis on young people in different EU countries; 15 Young people in transitions: conditions, indicators and policy implications. To NEET or not to NEET?; Index